Vendor:

skype.com

License:

non-free
(copyright.txt)

X-(

quality:

Version reviewed: 2.0.0.72-1

Download

unsigned APT

(./)

Source:

not-available

X-(

Lintian:

minor errors

(./)

Control scripts

none

(./)

Languages:

bg de en es et fr it ja ko lt lv pl pt ro ru th tr zh

(./)

Architectures:

i386 only

-

Legend: (./) = Pass ; X-( = Bad

Skype is a non-free (proprietary) software. It isn't supported by Debian. It's probably wiser to use a VoIP software, like ekiga !

Installing skype

i386

As Open Source activists, we are of course inclined to indicate that there are programs similar in function to what Skype is performing. Their user base is - smaller, though. If you hence have to use skype, fairly likely, then please be aware of Skype's repository for Debian's i386 platform:

deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

After adding this line to /etc/apt/sources.list, do as root:

apt-get update
apt-get install skype

and then as regular user just call:

skype

amd64

Skype is only available as 32bit binary. it is packaged for amd64, but the content is still 32bit, so won't work with e.g. jackd.

To install the amd64 package, run the following as root:

aptitude install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk
wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu-amd64
dpkg -i skype-install.deb

Etch users are required to install etch-backports/ia32-libs-gtk from Debian Backports.

Alternatively, you can force-install the i386 package. Do as root:

apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk libasound2-plugins
wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
dpkg -i --force-architecture skype-install.deb

and as regular user:

linux32 skype

You can make video work by installing lib32v4l-0 and using LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

Package Review

Path and Files

Lintian

Note that a changelog is included only for the purposes of "compliance". It does not actually list what has changed from release to release and there is no version history included within it.

See also